Tag: the buzz
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Glazer to decide on Ronaldo’s Man United future: source
Manchester United co-owner Joel Glazer will make the final decision about Cristiano Ronaldo’s future at the club after the forward’s incendiary TV interview, a person with ... -
China, US climate envoys to ‘meet later’ at UN summit
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry indicated yesterday he’ll be in talks with his Chinese counterpart at annual United Nations climate talks underway in Egypt, in the ... -
Iranian who inspired ‘The Terminal’ dies at Paris airport
An Iranian man who lived for 18 years in Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport and whose saga loosely inspired the Steven Spielberg film “The Terminal” died ... -
VoteCast: Inflation top concern, but democracy a worry too
Just as Republicans had hoped, high inflation was the top consideration for voters in the midterm elections, AP VoteCast shows. But the survey reveals that a ... -
Powerball announces delay to record-breaking $1.9B drawing
The Powerball drawing was delayed Monday and it’s likely that the official results won’t be known until today [Macau time], the Multi-State Lottery Association said. The ... -
Powerball prize up to $1.5 billion, third-largest ever in US
The bad news is that no one won yesterday’s huge $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot. The good news is that means the prize has grown even larger ... -
Lebanon president leaves with no replacement, crisis deepens
President Michel Aoun left Lebanon’s presidential palace yesterday, marking the end of his six-year term without a replacement, leaving the small nation in a political vacuum ... -
China investigates alleged ‘overseas bases’ to target dissidents
China has reportedly established dozens of “overseas police stations” in nations around the world that activists fear could be used to track and harass dissidents as ... -
Russia, Belarus ambassadors barred from Nobel ceremony
The ambassadors of Russia and Belarus have been excluded from this year’s Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm because of the war in Ukraine. The Nobel Foundation, ... -
Sunak, UK’s next PM, gets cheers from unlikely place: India
Rishi Sunak, the former British Treasury chief who won the race to be leader of the Conservative Party and is likely to become the country’s next prime ... -
Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand: report
Salmon Rushdie’s agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack from a ... -
Sparkling fish, murky methods: the global aquarium trade
Millions of saltwater fish like these are caught in Indonesia and other countries every year to fill ever more elaborate aquariums in living rooms, waiting rooms ... -
Venezuela, S. Korea, Afghanistan lose vote for UN rights body
Venezuela, South Korea and Afghanistan lost contested races for seats on the top U.N. human rights body yesterday [Macau time] by the General Assembly, which faced ... -
Japanese automaker Nissan says it is pulling out of Russia
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. said yesterday that it plans to sell its Russian operations to its local partner and withdraw from manufacturing there. The company ... -
German minister calls for EU sanctions over Iran crackdown
Germany’s foreign minister is calling for European Union entry bans and asset freezes against those responsible for what she described as brutal repression against anti-government protesters ... -
As support sags, Danish prime minister calls Nov. 1 election
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called a general election for Nov. 1, seven months ahead of the end of her term in office. Frederiksen, who has ... -
Solomon Islands agreed to accord after China references axed
Solomon Islands agreed to sign an accord between the United States and more than a dozen Pacific nations only after indirect references to China were removed, ... -
All delegates to key 20th CPC National Congress elected
A total of 2,296 delegates have been elected to the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, according to an official statement released ... -
CIA unveils model of al-Qaida leader al-Zawahri’s hideout
The CIA has revealed a model of Ayman al-Zawahri’s safe house, used to brief President Joe Biden about the al-Qaida leader’s whereabouts before the agency killed him ... -
Russia warns protests against reservists’ draft won’t be tolerated
The Moscow Prosecutor’s Office has said that participation in protests and unsanctioned “mass events” is a punishable offense which can result “imprisonment for up to 15 ... -
Belgian bishops propose prayer for gay couples, not marriage
Belgian bishops yesterday published a proposed text for a prayer liturgy for same-sex couples that includes prayers, Scriptural readings and expressions of commitment, despite a 2021 ... -
Qatari ambassador faces LGBT-rights appeal before World Cup
Qatar’s ambassador to Germany was urged yesterday to abolish his country’s death penalty for homosexuality at a human rights congress hosted by the German soccer federation ... -
Bus for COVID-19 quarantine in China crashes, killing 27
A bus reportedly taking 47 people to COVID-19 quarantine in southwest China crashed in the pre-dawn hours yesterday morning, killing 27 and injuring 20 others, media ... -
Lebanese cheer as their dancers win America’s Got Talent
The news of a Lebanese dance group winning the TV competition show America’s Got Talent brought a rare moment of joy yesterday to many in this ... -
WHO: Covid cases drop everywhere, but pandemic not over
The number of new coronavirus cases fell everywhere in the world last week by about 12%, according to the World Health Organization’s latest weekly review of ... -
Barack Obama wins Emmy for narrating national parks series
Barack Obama is halfway to an EGOT. The former president won an Emmy Award on Saturday to go with his two Grammys. Obama won the best ... -
China demands US drop tech export curbs after Nvidia warning
The Chinese government yesterday called on Washington to repeal its technology export curbs after chip designer Nvidia Corp. said a new product might be delayed and ... -
Chinese manufacturing weak, adding to economic pressure
Chinese manufacturing contracted in August amid weak export and consumer demand, a survey showed yesterday, adding to downward pressure on the struggling economy. A monthly index ... -
Memo sheds light on decision to clear Trump in Russia probe
Justice Department officials who evaluated then-President Donald Trump’s actions during the Russia investigation concluded that nothing he did, including firing the FBI director, rose to the ... -
German gas storage 80% full, progresses despite Russian cuts
Germany’s natural gas storage facilities are now more than 80% full, showing steady progress despite a drastic reduction in deliveries from Russia amid the war in Ukraine. Gas ... -
Russia blames Ukraine for nationalist’s car bombing death
Russia’s top counterintelligence agency yesterday blamed Ukrainian spy services for organizing the killing of the daughter of a leading Russian nationalist ideologue in a car bombing ... -
HQ: Macau New Neighbourhood superstructure works begin
The basement construction of the Macau New Neighbourhood (MNN) project in Hengqin has been completed in the middle of this year, the government announced yesterday. According ... -
UK inflation reaches 10.1% on soaring food, energy costs
Britain’s inflation rate rose to a new 40-year high of 10.1% in July, a faster pace than in the U.S. and Europe as climbing food prices ... -
Climate change: High temps, drought affect drinking water, crops
Unusually high temperatures and a prolonged drought are affecting large swaths of China, reducing crop yields and drinking water supplies. The lack of rain has been ... -
Covid: UK approves Moderna’s Omicron booster
The UK has become the first country to approve a dual vaccine which tackles both the original Covid virus and the newer Omicron variant, BBC reported ...
